What really mattered at UFC on FOX 31 in Milwaukee? Here are a few things … 1. ‘Raging’ Al is (not so) secretly a really good lightweight Back in April, Al Iaquinta went five rounds with undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov on extremely short notice. On Saturday, Iaquinta still showed up as the underdog for […]

HONOLULU – Former UFC champion Lyoto Machida has been fighting internationally for more than a decade, but even he admits his Bellator debut went different than expected. “Tough opponent, tough fight,” Machida told MMAjunkie following his win at Saturday’s Bellator 213 event. “I believe because it was my first fight in Bellator, in the beginning, I […]

MILWAUKEE – Newly minted UFC welterweight Ben Askren is booked to face ex-champ Robbie Lawler in his octagon debut. But the former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder said he tried to hustle his way into a headliner against Kamaru Usman or Colby Covington to save UFC 233 in the process. “I volunteered to fight Colby, […]

Invicta FC 33 took place Saturday night at Kansas City Scottish Rite in Kansas City, Mo., and streamed on UFC Fight Pass. It was perhaps, as play-by-play announcer T.J. De Santis suggested, the best Invicta FC card of the year. In the main event, Jinh Yu Frey was successful in defending her atomweight title with […]

In this exclusive excerpt from WWE Chronicle, Becky Lynch talks about her rise to SmackDown Women's Champion, her opinion of Ronda Rousey and more in an interview with MMA journalist Ariel Helwani. Watch the Chronicle: https://youtu.be/-M4qKQKZxPM

HONOLULU – Javy Ayala has a lot of respect for heavyweight veteran Frank Mir, who’s been an idol of his from the get-go. But that isn’t stopping Ayala (11-7 MMA, 6-4 BMMA) from relishing the rare submission via strikes that he earned over Mir (18-13 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) at Bellator’s “Salute the Troops” event on […]

HONOLULU – He was forced to work for it, but Lyoto Machida (25-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) took home a victory in his Bellator debut, earning a split-decision win over Rafael Carvalho (15-3 MMA, 6-2 BMMA). The middleweight bout served as the co-main event of the DAZN-streamed main card of tonight’s Bellator 213 event, which took […]

For nearly three full rounds, Edson Barboza battered Dan Hooker to the face, the legs and the body. And somehow Hooker (17-8 MMA, 7-4 UFC) stood there, absorbing it all in an almost inhuman display of toughness and resilience, until one final body shot from Barboza (20-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) finally crumpled him for good, […]

Cutting weight to make the limit ahead of a fight is no joke. Fighters often have to cut out food, limit their liquid intake and do hours of cardio in order to shed the pounds to make a weight limit. It’s not easy to do, and it’s difficult on one’s body. The good news is […]

Cain Velasquez could be making his long-awaited UFC return. Velasquez is in serious talks with the UFC about headlining its February event in Phoenix on ESPN, according to a report. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani says the fight would be between Velasquez and Francis Ngannou. It is not finalized yet, but it's moving in the right direction. […]

Possessing delusional confidence is part of the battle. The ability to back it up, no matter how little the odds favor you, is just as important. Joanna Jedrzejczyk has lost to Valentina Shevchenko three times already. But when you listen to her speak, you wouldn’t doubt yourself regarding whether you believe in her abilities to […]